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This is one of the oldest tests in investigating infertility and has been done for well over 100 years. It's quite an obsolete test and few doctors do it anymore, because it provides such limited information The post coital tes......
Infertility treatment can be a long and tough journey for a woman. The traditional social concerns of being infertile overpower the modern intellectual mindset of treating it as a plain medical problem. The ongoing array of i......
This is an excerpt from our forthcoming, book, The Expert Patient's Guide to IVF. This being authored by our expert patient, Manju and me. Is a day 5 embryo transfer (blastocyst transfer) better than a day 3 embryo transfer (cleavage stage embryo transfer). Fact :......
Why do doctors continue to " treat " fertile men who do not need any treatment whatsoever ? A Fertility Boost I see many men with completely normal sperm reports who have been prescribed all sorts of medicine......
A common problem we have seen is that many infertile patients are very reluctant to change doctors, even when they are unhappy with their present doctor. Often this is because they prefer being passive and refuse to take matters i......
How do doctors decide how many embryos to transfer? There are multiple variables which need to be considered while deciding how many embryos to transfer. When the doctors decide about the number of embryos to transfer they co......
The heart of the IVF clinic is the IVF laboratory, because this is where the embryos are actually made. The IVF lab is often off-limits to patients in most IVF centers, which is why most patients don't have a clue what goes on in the IVF lab. Here's a guided tour of ou......
The most important tool for solving medical problems is a detailed history and infertility is no exception. This is the differentiating factor between a good doctor and ordinary one. An expert doctor knows which questions to a......
If you'd like to see the video on the records of your IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) treatment, you can download this video. If you'd like to see the video on the records of your IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) treatment, you can download this video.
For couples who cannot have a baby because the male partner has erectile dysfunction, Viagra could be a useful treatment that could lead to conception. It is easily available and could resolve the sexual problem that caused the......